If you are charged with rape or sexual assault in the U.S. military, you need a top-notch civilian defense lawyer because the entire military justice system has been built not to give you a fair trial, but to get a conviction to please the command and politicians that fund the military and promote the senior officers. The many many military prosecutors have nearly unlimited amounts of money, investigators and paralegals, all working with one goal: to convict you and deliver the highest possible sentence. They will pressure you on every front to plead guilty, even though you are innocent of the charges.  The reality is that a conviction of a sexual offense is a virtual life sentence, no matter how much confinement you are sentenced to.  Most of these offenses carry a mandatory dishonorable discharge and lifetime sex offender registration.  Ramifications that used to be known as “civil death.”  Your only choice is to simply fight tenaciously for your freedom. You need a lawyer who will do this every step of the way.